Working Together Pilot 
      • DH funded pilot project                        
      • 12-month duration
      • Western Health (14 teams)
      • Northeast Health Wangaratta (7 teams)
      • Independent evaluation by Deakin University
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  Pilot objectives
  • Co-design, trial and evaluate improved nursing 
   and midwifery workload allocation and 
   management practices.
  • Contribute to DH strategic priorities of providing 
   person-centred care, sustainable services, 
   improve workforce availability, capability, 
   collaboration, leadership, wellbeing and 
   engagement. 
        Pilot principles
        • Adhere to co-design principles when 
          developing strategies                          
        • Keep within the requirements of The Act and 
          The Agreement
        • Consult key stakeholders
        • Voluntary participation via EOI
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     Our journey
     •   Formal communication strategy
     •   UM engagement, empowerment, education and 
         support – workshop, project lead
     •   Staff engagement – surveys, focus groups, UMs. 
         Identified issues and strategies
     •   ANMF engagement
     •   Trialing of ideas – PDSA 
     •   Evaluation
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       Pre-project interview themes 
        •  Patient allocation ratios – “a blessing and a curse”
        •  Concerns about patient safety
        •  Difficult to provide high quality patient care
        •  Nurses/midwives feel “overworked”/ “burnt out”
        •  Patient care needs often missed (e.g. oral hygiene, 
           pressure care
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